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ridges are about 50 feet high. There is another low ridge on the 

 east side of Stoddard's Neck, and on the south side of Beal Street 

 are several small ridges and kame hills, besides the high serpen- 

 tine kames. 



A kame ridge of considerable length borders the western shore 

 of Fulling-Mill Pond, and another skirts its southern shore. The 

 first-named extended several years ago to the street line, but has 

 been dug away 50 or 60 feet. The direction of this kaine is gen- 

 erally north and south, varying in some portions toward the east 

 and west of north, and its length is nearly 2000 feet. Its width 

 at base is some 150 feet, and its highest elevation about 50 feet. 

 Somewhat less than 1500 feet south from its northerly termination 

 another ridge runs west at a right angle from this one, for a dis- 

 tance of 750 feet, having an elevation of 25 feet, in places, and a 

 basal width of 150 feet. 



Beyond these ridges, to the southward, are numerous kame hills, 

 so covered by forest growth as to obscure observation. Still fur- 

 ther away, especially east and southeast, are hills of this charac- 

 ter, of considerable elevation. 



THE KAME HILLS AND HILLOCKS OF HINGHAM. 



The range called Breakneck Hills, which crosses Whiting Street 

 some distance north of Cushing, and extends southwest half a 

 mile or more, is a great kame deposit, the material of it not differ- 

 ing from that of the kame ridges. The width of the range varies 

 somewhat, but averages perhaps 1000 feet. The average height is 

 about 50 feet. A very considerable depression of the surface ex- 

 ists along the north side of the range, followed by other approx- 

 imately parallel elevations, with depressions alternating for a 

 considerable distance, of the same general character but less 

 prominent. 



The long range of hills lying nearly parallel with, and north of 

 the Old Colony Railroad, between North and East Weymouth, 

 though outside the limits of Hingham, may well be mentioned 

 here, as these hills can hardly fail to attract the attention of trav- 

 ellers by the railroad, as they pass within full sight of them. These 

 are kame elevations, and owe their origin to the great continental 

 glacier. The general direction of this range is west-northwest 

 and east-southeast. 



The separate kame hills and hillocks cover a very considerable 

 portion of the surface, especially in the southern and western sec- 

 tions of the town, where they present conspicuous features in the 

 landscape. This is the case on the territory bordering French 

 Street, from Hobart to High, and on High Street west. Here may 

 be seen an area almost entirely covered with hills and hillocks, 

 having many kettle-hole depressions among them. The same 

 may be said of much of the territory bordering Main Street, from 

 Cushing Street to Prospect Street, and some distance beyond. The 



